Packing and display receptacle.



No. 896,061. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908.

0. P. MALONE. Y

. PACKING AND DISPLAY REGEPTAOLE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 27, 1907.

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PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908.

0. P. MALONE. PACKING AND DISPLAY REG'EPTAGLE. I

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1907.

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OLIVER P. MALONE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO RUSSELL & ERWIN MANU- FAOTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION CON- NECTIOUT.

PACKING AND DISPLAY RECEPTACLE.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Application filed March 27, 1907. Serial No. 364,917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER P. MALONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing and Display Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

My invention relates to packing and display receptacles, the object being to provide a simple, compact and easily operated packing .and display apparatus, whereby, with but comparatively little effort, the receptacle may be opened in such a manner as to at once display the contents of several different compartments or trays.

In the draWingsFigure 1 is an end view of the receptacle closed. Fig. 2 is an end view of the receptacle opened. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the receptacle closed. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the receptacle opened.

In that particular form of my invention which is shown in the drawings, I have illustrated the same as applied to a compartment receptacle for holding small articles, such as jewelry or hand-tools, although it is obvious that the size of the receptacle, as Well as the particular design of the interior, with referenlcle to receiving goods, may be modified at W1 In the particular form shown 1, 2 and 3 represent separate and independent compartments or trays, in each of which the desired goods may be packed in any suitable manner.

4 is a cover which may be hinged at its rear edge to the uppermost compartment. When packed ready for transportation, the several compartments 1, 2 and 3 are closed down directly on top of one another and the cover shut. When it is desired to display the goods, the cover is opened and the upper compartments thrown up and back so that they stand substantially in a stepped arrangement, one behind and above the other, thus fully displaying the contents of each compartment. In order to secure this stepped arrangement I provide connecting links 5, 6 and 7 at each end of the several compartments. In the form shown the connecting link 5 is the longest and this one is pivoted to each of the three compartments shown, said connecting link extendin' diagonally across the face of the end 0 the the compartments 2 and 3.

receptacle when closed. The links 6 and 7 are short ones, the former connecting the compartments 1 and 2, the latter connecting These links 6 and 7 are substantially parallel with the link 5 and stand on opposite sides thereof. A similar arrangement of links is provided at each end of the receptacle.

In Fig. 1 it will be seen that'this construction permits the several compartments of the receptacle to be completely closed. When closed, the cover may be locked down by any suitable means, such as a hasp, which may be secured to the cover and detachably engaged with the lowermost compartment 3.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the apparatus open. To hold the rear trays at the proper elevation to display the contents, I provide suitable legs 99, which are carried at the rear of the uppermost tray, or, for that matter, they might be carried by the middle tray. These legs, when the apparatus is closed, will bear snugly against the rear of the packing receptacle and out of the way. These legs may, in fact, be utilized as looking devices for the rear of the receptacle when closed. A convenient locking arrangement comprises a headed rod 11 passed through one of the legs 9, thence through a suitable passage in the end of the lowermost tray, thence through a hasp member 8, depending from the cover 4. The forward end of the rod 1 1 maybe secured in any desired manner, for example, by a padlock 10. This locking arrangement, when provided may, of course, be employed on both ends of the receptacle.

What I claim is- A receptacle, comprising a plurality of compartments or trays, connecting means at the ends of said trays adapted to hold'said trays in progressively stepped order when said receptacle is open, and to permit said trays to stand one above the other when the receptacle is closed, supporting legs at the rear of an upper tray, a hasp at the front of the receptacle, a locking rod adapted to pass through one of said legs, a portion of one of said trays, and said hasp, when the receptacle is closed.

OLIVER P. MALONE.

Witnesses:

CLARA L. RoEscH, LANGDON MOORE. 

